Editing Flower Mound, Texas (section)

==Parks and recreation==
[[File:Flower Mound Community Activity Center.png|thumb|upright=1.25|The Flower Mound Community Activity Center, which opened in 2008{{sfn|Payne|2008}}]]
The Town of Flower Mound operates 54 public parks and recreation facilities on {{convert|693|acre|ha}} of space, nine of which (comprising {{convert|70|acre|ha|disp=x| [|]}}) are undeveloped as of 2012.{{sfn|O'Flinn|Hudson|Alves|Thompson|2012|pp=6}} In June 2008, the town held the grand opening for its new $13.825 million community activity center, which includes meeting rooms, a day care facility, weight lifting equipment, an outdoor pool, and a {{convert|25|x|22.86|m|yd|adj=on|order=flip|sigfig=1}} competition indoor pool.{{sfn|Payne|2008}} In honor of Lance Corporal Jacob Lugo, the first military serviceman from Flower Mound to die in the line of duty, the town renamed Hilltop Park to Jake's Hilltop Park in 2008. Jake's Hilltop Park is made up of baseball/ softball fields.{{sfn|Roark|2008}}

In 2016 Flower Mound completed and opened its first dog park, a 5-acre Hound Mound Dog Park, costing over $1 million.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Caitlyn |title=Denton City Council, public get first look at new dog park designs |url=https://dentonrc.com/news/denton-city-council-public-get-first-look-at-new-dog/article_392faac4-64b9-5b6a-9aac-b2e72ef1c6b6.html |access-date=October 7, 2019 |publisher=Denton Record Chronicle |date=August 17, 2018}}</ref> In 2018 the Town of Flower Mound opened a 2000 sq. ft. splash pad as part of an addition to Heritage Park.<ref>{{cite web |title=Heritage Springs Splash Pad |url=https://www.flower-mound.com/1766/Splash-Pad |website=flower-mound.com |access-date=October 8, 2019}}</ref>

===Trail system===
In 1976, in response to environmental concerns and automobile traffic congestion, Flower Mound residents proposed adding a system of [[Segregated cycle facilities|recreational bike paths]] around the town.{{sfn|Walker|1976|p=2}} Initially, funding proved elusive, but by 1989 the first {{convert|1.3|mi|km}} of multi-use trails had been constructed, partly funded by a grant from the [[Texas Parks and Wildlife Department]]. In 2010, the town maintained {{convert|33|mi|km}} of paved hiking and bicycling paths and {{convert|2|mi|km}} of equestrian trails.  The Purple Cone Flower trail starts in Stone Creek Park and is used by runners, walkers and dog walkers and bikers.

Additionally, the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] maintains {{convert|14|mi|km}} of natural surface trails and {{convert|9|mi|km}} of equestrian trails within the town limits, most of which are located around [[Grapevine Lake]].{{sfn|O'Flinn|Hudson|Alves|Thompson|2010|p=152}} The North Shore trail starts at Rock Ledge Park and travels west through Murrell Park and Twin Coves Park. (now owned by Flower Mound).  A dirt and rock surface trail used predominantly by mountain bikers,<ref>http://www.dorba.org DORBA.org</ref> hikers, trail runners and dog walkers.